Results
Variance partitioning
Table 3 presents the variance partitioning of actual and preferred distance, likeability, and popularity.
Approximately 16% of the variance in actual distance was due to actor and partner effects, meaning
that some children sat closer to some classmates than to others. Relationship variance was the largest,
indicating that distance between classmates varied between dyads. For preferred distance, most variance
was also due to the dyadic relationship (86.4%). This means that who children placed closer to
themselves depended more on their dyadic relationship than on who made the arrangement (actor) or
who was being seated (partner). Liking judgments depended more on the dyadic relationship between